Read this article to learn about the Rastrakutas and Chalukyas of south Indian kingdoms. The Rastrakutas: The Rastrakutas called themselves descendants of one named Satyaki. But there is difference of opinion about their origin among the historians. According to some they were originally of Dravidian peasant extraction. From some of the inscriptions of the Chalukya kings it is known that [...]
Read this article to learn about the Pallavas of Kanchi and the Cholas of south Indian kingdoms. The Pallavas of Kanchi: There is difference of opinion among historians about the origin of the Pallavas. We have come across Pallavaraj Vishnugopa among the kings of South India whom Samudragupta had conquered but allowed them to retain their kingdoms accepting Samudragupta as [...]
The principal interest in the political history of peninsular India from the sixth to the eighth century centres around the long struggle for supremacy between the Pallavas of Kanchi and the Chalukyas of Badami. The Pandyas, who were in control of Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu, joined this conflict as a poor third. Although both the Pallavas and [...]